Inducted into the A.M.A.H.O.F.(Inc) for 2016
Martial Artist of the Year – Karate/Kenjutsu

Inducted into the W.K.U.H.O.F. for 2016
Martial Artist of the Year – Karate/Kenjutsu

Website: https://www.instagram.com/budo_ryu_academy/

Go Forth and Conquer

Doug Spear began training in 1982, aged fourteen. Over four decades he has pursued mastery across an unusually broad range of disciplines — Okinawan karate and kobudo, kenjutsu, iaido, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thaï, savate, and contemporary movement arts — studying under recognised masters in Japan, Okinawa, and Australia.

Founder of Budo Ryu Martial Arts Academy in Perth, Western Australia, he has delivered seminars internationally across Venice, Copenhagen, Moscow, Amsterdam, and Australia. As co-founder of Executive Samurai with Dr. Simon Carlin, he applies martial principles to leadership development. Since 1992, he has served as a career firefighter with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Western Australia.

Ranks & Credentials:

• Karate 7th Dan · Karate · Freestyle Martial Arts 2nd Dan · Goju Ryu Karate Kenkyukai
• Striking Arts Savate Résistance Instructor Coach · Muay Thaï Kickboxing
• Japanese Sword Arts 5th Dan · Kenjutsu · Shin Sei Kan 3rd Dan · Seitei Iaido · Australian Kendo Renmei
• Grappling Black Belt · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Mixed Martial Arts
• Okinawan Weapons 1st Dan · Matayoshi Shuhari Kobudo
• Movement Arts Level 2 Instructor · Animal Flow · Mike Fitch Level 2 Coach · Stick Mobility · Nat Amar

Recognition

•  World Karate Union Hall of Fame 2016
• Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame — Kenjutsu & Karate 2013
• Bronze Medal, Karate Kumite — World Police & Fire Games, Dublin 2009
• Bronze Medal, Karate Kumite — World Police & Fire Games, Vancouver 1998
• Bronze Medal, Karate Kumite — World Firefighter Games, Durban 1996
• State Champion, Judo — Senior Division, Western Australia

Principal & Notable Teachers

• Martial Arts Taira Masaji Sensei · Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenkyukai
• Peter James Sensei · Kenjutsu
• Ramon Lawrence OAM · Seitei Iaido
• Tony Carroll Sensei · Matayoshi Kobudo
• Chieko Onaga · Okinawan Kobudo
• John Donehue · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Justin Boylan · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Karate
• Steve Nedelkos · Goju Karate
• Rod Stroud · Zen Do Kai Karate · Kickboxing · Shoot-Wrestling
• Peter Sadler · Hokushin Itto-ryu Iaido
• Terrence Bridgman · Savate (deceased)
• Dave Hedgcock · Boxing
• John Siebert · Judo (deceased)
• Dimitris Psomas · Freestyle Wrestling
• Jean Marie Frécon · Global Systema
• Alex Kostic · Systema Homo-Ludens
• Maurice Smith · Mixed Martial Arts & Kickboxing
• Chuck Liddell · Mixed Martial Arts
• Richard Norton · Karate & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Bob Jones · Karate & Krav Maga

  Movement

• Mike Fitch · Animal Flow Ido Portal · Movement
• Marcus Udsen Grandjean · Movement · Copenhagen
• Jozef & Linda Frucek · Fighting Monkey
• Luis-Marc Bruneau Dumoulin · Handbalancing
• Nat Amar · Stick Mobility

Associations & Affiliations

• World Karate Union
• West Australian Combat Commission · Accredited Referee & Coach

Qualifications

• Fitness & Health Certificate IV in Fitness · Australian Institute of Fitness
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessing
• Advanced Resuscitation & Senior First Aid · St John Ambulance
• Personal Trainer Certification · Australian Institute of Fitness
• Qualified Masseur · Discovery Massage
• Working With Children Accreditation

  Education

• Eastern Philosophy Studies · The University of Western Australia
• Certificate II in Security Operations
• Occupational Health & Safety Representative